- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 201 x 142 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 09 Dec 2010 / 26 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D. 4371)
4 (in pencil, recto, top left-hand corner)
1 (in pencil, recto, lower left corner)
Watermark: Josep Gisbert, [shield with helmet, bird inside, and underneath "D.N J.PH GISBERT / ALCOY" (upper half)].
On the origin of this and other preparatory drawings for The Caprices, see the commentary on the first of them, corresponding to Caprice number 1 (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, painter), and on the one corresponding to Caprice 3 (The bogeyman is Coming).
Line of provenance of this drawing: Javier Goya; Mariano Goya, 1854; Valentín Carderera, ca. 1861; Mariano Carderera, 1880; Prado Museum, 1886.
Preparatory drawing for Caprice no. 30, Why hide them?
The composition of this drawing is very similar to that of the print. The old man holding two bags full of coins has no variation in the engraving with respect to the present drawing. However, the figure on the right is quite different, as in the drawing the painter does not depict him in a frock coat and top hat but in a simple cloak. The figure on the left, behind the old man, has the same characteristics both here and in the print, while the two figures behind him in the sketch are only suggested by extremely faint strokes.
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Madrid2019cat. 245
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 23, n. 30
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 81
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 196, fig. 145
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 30
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Goya. Los Caprichos. Colección de ochenta y cinco estampas en las que se fustigan errores y vicios humanosMadridEdiciones de Arte y Bibliofilia1966cat. 30
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 180, cat. 511
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 126, cat. 89
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 37-38
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El libro de los caprichos: dos siglos de interpretaciones (1799-1999). Catálogo de los dibujos, pruebas de estado, láminas de cobre y estampas de la primera ediciónMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 185
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2019p. 360
